Historical Events In June - 26

1982  Marie Osmond marries Steve Craig on this day in history.   

1982  US vetos UN Security Council resolution for a limited withdrawal from Beirut of Israeli & Palestine Liberation Organization forces on June - 26.   

1982  Alexander Mitscherlich, German psychotherapist, dies on June - 26.   

1983  On this day in history walter O'Keefe, songwriter/TV host (Mayor of Hollywood), dies at 82   

1984  Barbra Striesand records "Here We Are at Last" on June - 26.   

1984  Carl Foreman, producer, dies of cancer at 69 on this day in history.   

1986  On this day in history laurie Fishlock, cricketer (4 Tests for England), dies   

1987  Glen Hall, cricketer (Test for South Africa 1965), commits suicide on this day in history.   

1989  Canada updates coins with a new portrait of Queen Elizabeth on this day in history.   

1989  Melanie Griffith & Don Johnson marry for the 2nd time on June - 26.   

1989  On Hawaii, a 6.1 quake (actually 2 events about 5 seconds apart) results in five people injured slightly, 5 homes destroyed and about 100 homes damaged in the Puna District. Landslides occurred in several places and blocked a road at Honomu on this day in history.   

1990  122ø F in Phoenix Arizona on June - 26.   

1990  On this day in history europe begins to study ways into financially helping the USSR   

1991  Carmine Coppola, composer/conductor (Godfather II), dies at 80 on June - 26.   

1992  Geert Vissers, Dutch TV host (Gay Dating Show), dies on June - 26.   

1993  On this day in history catherine Leno, mother of Tonight Show host Jay, dies of cancer at 82   

1994  A "Bob" den Doolaard, author (Inn with the horseshoe), dies at 93 on this day in history.   

1996  Veronica Guerin, journalist, dies at 36 on this day in history.   

2005  On this day in history birth of Princess Alexia of the Netherlands, daughter of Prince Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands   

2013  On June - 26 20 people are killed after a rescue helicopter crashes in Uttarakhand   

2014  On June - 26 luis Suárez is expelled from the 2014 FIFA World Cup following his biting incident   

2017  America's Cup: Emirates Team New Zealand defeat Oracle Team USA 7-1 in Bermuda, Peter Burling (26) youngest ever helmsman on this day in history.   

2017  On June - 26 theresa May 's UK Conservative minority party strike deal to govern with Northern Ireland's DUP with guarantee of 1 billion funding   

2017  On this day in history brazilian state prosecutors file corruption charges against President Michel Temer   

2017  On this day in history helicopter with rogue police pilot attacks Venezuelan Supreme Court in Caracas   

2018  On June - 26 uS Supreme Court upholds President Trump 's travel ban against mostly Muslim countries   

2018  Quriyat, Oman, registers highest "low" temperature for a day ever recorded of 42.5 degrees on this day in history.   

2018  On June - 26 sudanese court overturns death sentence for teenager who killed the husband after he raped her   

2018  On this day in history india is named the most dangerous country to be a women because of sexual violence and slave labour by the Thomson Reuters Foundation   

2018  On June - 26 first high level talks between Ethiopian and Eritrean officials in 20 years begins in Addis Ababa   

2018  On June - 26 hello Kitty bullet train unveiled by the West Japan Railway   

2018  Polio outbreak confirmed in New Guinea by WHO, 18 years after it was declared free of the disease on June - 26.   

2019  On June - 26 japanese animation film "Spirited Away" by Hayao Miyazaki is released in China and tops the box office, 18 years after its initial release   

2023  Russian leader Vladimir Putin vows to bring leaders of the Wagner Group rebellion to justice, saying they wanted "to see Russia choked in bloody strife" [1] on this day in history.   

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1575  On this day in history birth of anne Catherine of Brandenburg, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1612)   

1582  On June - 26 birth of johannes Schultz, composer   

1655  On this day in history birth of jean Deutz, merchant/Amsterdam regent   

1681  Hedwig Sophia, duchess of Holstein-Gottorp, Swedish writer (d. 1708) was born on June - 26.   

1689  Edward Holyoke, American academic (d. 1769) was born on this day in history.   

1694  On June - 26 birth of georg Brandt, Swedish chemist and mineralogist (d. 1768)   

1702  Philip Doddridge, England, Dr/nonconformist clergyman was born on June - 26.   

1703  On June - 26 birth of thomas Clap, American academic (d. 1767)   

0363  On this day in history flavius C Julianus, [Apostata], emperor of Rome (361-63), dies   

1291  On this day in history death of eleanor of Provence, wife of Henry III of England   

1541  On this day in history death of francisco Pizarro, Spanish conqueror of Peru, assassinated in Lima   

1631  On June - 26 justinus van Nassau, ltalian admiral (Armada), dies   

1657  On June - 26 tobias Michael, composer, dies at 65   

1661  On June - 26 lazaro Valvasensi, composer, dies at 76   

1666  On June - 26 richard Fanshawe, diplomat/translator/poet, dies   

1688  Ralph Cudworth, philospher/cleric, dies on June - 26.